Perez had been in the pool at the Saguaro Hotel in Palm Springs, 1800 E Palm Canyon Drive, with his friends about 5:20 p.m. Sunday, when the friends couldn’t find him and began to search, a news release states. They located him at the bottom of the pool, according to the release.

Emergency personnel responding to the scene found the man unconscious outside the pool, and took him to Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, where he later was pronounced dead.

Anyone with further information is asked to call the police at 760-323-8116.